The new Mazda 6 will benefit from a "full suite of Skyactiv technologies," Mazda said. Skyactiv is Mazda's brand name for gasoline and diesel engines and multispeed transmissions engineered to reduce fuel consumption.

Mazda said the design of the new sedan "will be strongly influenced by the Takeri concept," according to a press release.

Rory Carroll
- Rory Carroll is a graduate of Michigan State University, a concours d’elegance and vintage-racing hanger-on and a past winner of the Index of Effluency Trophy at the 24 Hours of LeMons.
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